Unstable pediatric forearm fractures: Use of "pins and plaster"

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-269

  Duncan, Joseph ^a   Weiner, Dennis ^a,b  

^a AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PLASTER CAST; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642568759     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20040301-09     Document Type: Article

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